Dynamic Web UI Setting Menu Highlighting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems face challenges in providing user convenience by always highlighting the setting change menu on web user interfaces, even when a setting change is not necessary.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a processor configured to detect states necessitating a setting change and perform a process of highlighting the setting change menu only when the web user interface is accessed after such detection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the setting change menu is always highlighted on the web user interface, then user guidance is provided continuously, but unnecessary guidance is displayed when setting change is not needed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser guidanceVSAvoidunnecessary guidance

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the highlighting state changeable based on system conditions. The setting change menu is dynamically highlighted only when a setting change is actually needed, and unhighlighted when no change is needed. This resolves the contradiction by making the guidance adaptive rather than static, providing help only when necessary.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of menu visibility (highlighted/unhighlighted) based on the system's setting change requirement state. When the system detects that a setting change is needed, it changes the parameter to highlighted; when no change is needed, it changes to unhighlighted. This parameter-based control resolves the contradiction between providing guidance and avoiding unnecessary guidance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-generated harmful factors

If the setting change menu is highlighted only when necessary, then unnecessary guidance is avoided, but user convenience may be reduced when setting change is needed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveunnecessary guidanceVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-generated harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring the system state to determine whether a setting change is needed. The system provides feedback about the setting requirement status, and based on this feedback, it adjusts the highlighting of the setting change menu. This ensures that the menu is highlighted at the right moment, maintaining user convenience while avoiding unnecessary guidance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent prepares the highlighting state in advance based on detected setting requirements. When the system detects that a setting change is needed, it preliminarily sets the menu to highlighted state before the user accesses it, ensuring that the guidance is ready and immediately visible, thus maintaining user convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250028547A1Information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2025.01.23 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing system includes a processor configured to: detect a state necessitating a setting change; and perform a process of highlighting a setting change menu on a web user interface in a case in which the web user interface is accessed after the detection of the state.